July 6, 2007 - Lustenau, Austria | Within the scope of a major order of more than EUR 1.5 mill for Zumtobel, a brand of the Austrian Zumtobel Group, to supply the lighting solution for the BMW Museum in Munich, LEDON and LEXEDIS will realise the LED illumination of a glass façade that is part of the project and accounts for more than 50% of the total amount. LEDON and LEXEDIS make impressive, flexible use of LED sections with advanced white light quality, optimum uniformity and appropriate colour temperature, along with a versatile light control concept.

 

LED illumination covering 3000 m2
Ais part of the overall renovation of the BMW Group Headquarters, the BMW Museum is also undergoing a remake. The “Museum Bowl” designed in 1973 is to be extended on three levels by the addition of an adjacent pavilion. The resultant blend of Reportopen and closed exhibition spaces in conjunction with a system of ramps will increase the overall display area at the museum from 1,000 to 5,000 m2. A major component within the pavilion will be the 3,000 m2 glass façade. The aim is to generate harmonious light and uniform illumination of the glass surface. The colour temperature of the LEDs is ideally modulated to ensure that the light colour of the media façade is both exactly adopted and reproduced. Through a flexible arrangement of the LED sections different varying distances between glass façade and wall elements get balanced and an optimum uniformity is generated.

 

Sophisticated lighting concept
As an LED application specialist for trend-setting lighting concepts, LEDON is able to cope with these challenges to lighting technology using a sophisticated lighting concept: using 120 cm LED sections, specific LED patterns and an optimised control solution for dimming the individual rows, an evenly backlit interior façade is created. LEXEDIS will supply 300,000 LED light points in the form of the nanoXED product. By extremely low chromatic spreading due to manufacturing tolerances, this High Efficient Digital Light source is able to render colour temperatures precisely as required by the client, so that the lighting effect achieved by the illuminated glass façade corresponds to the building’s media concept. Moreover, when it comes to ease-of-use and being maintenance-free, nanoXED is most impressive due to its high energy efficiency and its compact dimensions of 2.5 x 2.5 x 0.6 mm.

 

Key Facts about the project
Location: BMW Museum, Munich, Germany
Realisation Spring 2007 – Autumn 2007
Application: 3000 m2 LED illumination of a glass façade
Ledon: Lighting concept by using 120 cm LED sections
Lexedis: Producer and supplier of 300.000 nanoXEDs
Competence:
• Optimum uniformity
• Appropriate colour temperature corresponding to the building’s media concept
• Flexible use of LED sections
• Energy efficiency, ease-of-use and maintenance-free
• Advanced white light quality

 

Pictures 1, 3 | A 3000 m2 LED façade will illuminate the exhibition space at the new BMW Museum over three floors. all models: © BMW AG

 

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